Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Feasting Meets Philanthropy Event - Sept. 18

Billing as a charity gala, the organizer is transforming the historic Ferry Building on the San Francisco waterfront into a culinary experience with the help of two dozen local chefs and vintners. Expected to be an exciting event as star chefs are rolling up their sleeves to bring favorite street eats from their home country to benefit OneVietnam Network.

OneVietnam Network is a nonprofit social network designed for Vietnamese all over the world. Co-founded by James Bao and Uyen Nguyen, the organization received various grants to support its mission. The largest grant so far came from the Ford Foundation. Here is an excerpt from its blog announcement a year ago sending out to its supporters

" OneVietnam.org is launching on Monday, July 19. We are a new online network dedicated to connecting Vietnamese communities worldwide. In celebration of our public launch, we will host a release party at Butterfly restaurant in San Francisco on Sunday, July 18. We invite you to come join us in the celebration and help us spread the word.

The Ford Foundation Grant

OneVietnam recently received a $100 thousand grant from the Ford Foundation as part of the “Special Initiative on Agent Orange/Dioxin.” Ford Foundation has distributed nearly $16 billion in grants worldwide since it’s inception. We will work with the Ford Foundation and other special initiative grantees to raise awareness and help ease the harmful effects of Agent Orange."